MEDIA RELEASE
A 23-year-old man was arrested and charged with several offenses following a robbery in PÄhoa on Wednesday night (January 29).
Puna Patrol officers responded to a 9:09 p.m. report that a 59-year-old PÄhoa man had been walking in PÄhoa around 8:30 p.m. when an unknown man kicked him, knocked him to the ground and stole his backpack. The suspect fled on foot.
A short time later, police found the suspect in the vicinity. Fred I. Silva, 23, who has no permanent address, was arrested and charged with four counts of contempt of court and taken to the Hilo police cellblock while detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section continued the investigation into the robbery.
At 10:50 a.m. Thursday (January 30), detectives charged him with second-degree robbery, third-degree assault and fourth-degree theft. His bail was set at $27,000. He remained in the cellblock pending his initial court appearance on Friday (January 31).
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